Level: 4
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0
2009 Aussie Millions
Event 5 - $1,100 H.O.R.S.E.
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2009 Aussie Millions
Buy-in
1,000 AUD
Entries
98
Level
19
Blinds
0 / 0
Ante
0
Break Time
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Bloom Out-Muscles Gill
With the board reading
Oliver Gill led out with a bet from the big blind before Tony Bloom put in the raise to 800. Gill sighed and said, "Well I guess it's no good" before flashing 
and tossing his cards into the muck. Bloom is up to 5,300 chips.
Limit Hold'em Lends Itself to Some Ugly Losses
Rainer Quel will not be adding another 2009 Aussie Millions final table to his resume in this event. He wound up all in with
against Charles Sanderson's 
and lost in brutal fashion, 
.Grant Levy also took a brutal hold'em beat a few tables over. He wound up in a pot against Peter Aristidou that was capped preflop and capped again on the
flop. Levy called a single bet when the turn came an 
and another bet on the river . He had made a full house with pocket sevens, but Aristidou turned over pocket eights for four of a kind. Levy has only 2,000 chips left.
Rayan Nathan Makes An Appearance
Plenty of Action on Table 30
Joe Humunicki is out. He went to war with
and ran into Marsha Waggoner's 
and never improved.The next hand at the same table, Billy "The Croc" Argyros raised preflop and was called by Nick Georgoulas and Kalan Shuttlewood. The flop was all babies,
, bringing a bet from The Croc and two calls. On the turn 
, Croc bet again, only to see Georgoulas raise. After Shuttlewood folded, Croc tanked for about a minute before he too folded."You're a f*cking genius!" marveled Georgoulas. He showed
to the table for the flopped full house and is up to 9,400 in the counts.
Nelson Looks for Another Final Table
Lee Nelson is well-known in this neck of the woods, with wins in the 2006 Aussie Millions Main Event and 2005 Speed Poker Championships under his belt, and numerous other final tables and cash results.
Nelson finds himself seated on an interesting table that was recently joined by Tony Bloom, who was the 2004 Aussie Millions Champion. The table also features Ryan Hurst, Martin Harvey and Oliver Gill.
Humunicki on the Edge
Joe Humunicki's chip stack reached the critical level after a hand against Anthony McNamara. Humunicki was the bring-in with the
, but had buried kings, 
. McNamara took the betting lead on fourth and fifth streets, showing X-X / 
against Humunicki's board of . Humunicki took the betting lead back when he paired 
on sixth street against McNamara's 
, but McNamara went to the river and called a last bet there. Humunicki's kings and threes went down to McNamara, who showed the , 
and 
as his hole cards for aces up.Humunicki has only 500 chips left. McNamara is up to 13,200.
Putt's Aces Cracked
A tough day has gotten considerably tougher for Graeme Putt. He was dealt
and got three bets in preflop against Trung Tran and Sylvester Geoghegan. Putt bet the 
flop and was called by both players. Geoghegan called again on the 
turn, then raised when Putt bet the 
river. Putt called with his unimproved aces and was shown the nuts, 
. He's down to 1,600 in chips.
Level: 3
Blinds: 0/0
Ante: 0